Folding bed.



(I, R. KLOK.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FiLED )UNE26. 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE-26, 191a.

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GARL R. KLOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED TABLE-BED COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF "VIRGINIA.

FOLDING BED.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL R. limit, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding beds in general, but more particularly to those which are combined with some other structure, and especially those which are combined with a table.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a novel table and bed of that kind in which the bed is adapted to be folded and concealed within the top of the table.

Special objects are to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the table body constitutes the support for the middle portion of the bed, when the latter is unfolded; to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the top of the table swings downward, at each side thereof, to permit the folding bed frame to be extended in opposite directions; and to provide certain details and features of construction tending to increase the general efficiency and serviceability of a table bed of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a table bed embodying the principles of my invention, showing the same folded and in use as a table, the section being taken on line 1-1 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 22, in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the table bed shown in Fig. 1, showing one-half of the table top in its open position.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing both halves of the table top open, and the bed entirely unfolded.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section on line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a table bed composed of four fixed legs A, one at each corner of the table. rigidly connected together by a member B extending from one end of the table to the other. At each end of the tahlethelegsare Specification of Letters Patent. Pmtenttgdl Jan, 115, 191%,,

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also connected by upper and lower members a and a, the member B being connected with the legs A through the medium of the member a whereby a rigid table bed is provided. The table top is box-like in character, being composed of two swinging halves C, the two sections of the table top being hinged at c, at points between their lower edges and the upper portion of the table bed, whereby the two sections are adapted to swing outward and downward and into the positions shown in Figs. 2 and i. The meeting edges of the table top come close together as shown in Fig. 2. in this way a hollow top is formed, having side and end and top walls, the lower edges of the end walls resting on the table bed when the table top is closed.

The folding bed frame may be of any suitable known or approved character. As shown, it comprises a rectangular angle iron frame composed of middle and end sections D and (Z, the two end sections d being exactly the same. The middle section D is suitably secured to the table bed, as by means of screws 65, as shown in Fig. 5, whereby this middle section of the bed frame does not change its position relative to the table bed during the folding and unfolding of the bed. The bail shaped end sections 65 are swingingly connected to the middle section by means of relatively long and short links (Z and (Z the difference in length being necessary in order to permit the end section cl at the right to fold over and upon the end section (Z shown at the left. It will be seen that these links have their pivotal points (Z disposed a distance back from the ends of the bed frame sections, whereby lapped joints are provided, which prevent the end sections (Z from moving downward, but permit them to swing upward and toward each other, whereby they fold one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 2. When'the bed is unfolded, the ends thereof extend from opposite sides of the table body, as shown in Fig. 6. In this position the end sections 65 are directly over the table top sections C, and the structure of the bed frame is strong enough to support the two sections thus extended in opposite directions from the sides of the table. However, and for the purpose of making the bed stand solidly on the floor, and reducing strain on the hinged connections between the sections of the bedframe,

lllltl otally connected with the links d and (Z of the bed frame. Vith this arrangement, as

will be readily seen, the folding of the end sections of the bed frame causes the legs E to automatically fold in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby the bed frame and the legs thereof are reduced to a compact "and substantially flat bundle.

It will beunderstood that the bed frame-is lprovided with a Suitable supportingfabric (not"shown) --for the mattress F, whichlatter, by reason of the=1nanner-in whlch the bed "frame -folds,does--not have to be re inoved when the bed is-folded within the table.

From the-foregoing it will be seen that the bed is entirely concealed within the table top, and that by reason of the construction and arrangement employed, both the table and the bed meet the standard requirements.

For example, the table, when the bed is folded, is of the character necessary for use as a library or writing table, being of the proper height and having suflicient clearance below for the average adult seated in a chair in front thereof. Although the bed is entirely concealed in the top, this does not interfere with the necessary proportions necessary for the table, so far as the requirements regarding height and clearance and similar characteristics are concerned. On the other hand, the retaining of the characteristics essential for a table do not interfere with the requirements necessary for the bed, inasmuch as the latter is of the proper height when unfolded, and notwithstanding the clearance below the bottom of the bed, when the latter is folded, is suflicient-to insure a table of the requisite character.

The middle section D is supported in fixed position on the body, at a fixed height from the floor, andforms a seat for conveniently entering and leaving the bed when the frame is unfolded.

I Thus the invention affords one method of combining a table with a bed, and is intend- 7 ed, therefore, to solve some of the problems involved in a combination article of furniture of this kind, but I do not, of course, limit myselfto the exact construction'shown and described.

What I claim as my invention is: -1."A.table bed comprising atable body said body, said bed having a frame adapted to extend from opposite sides of said body, folding legs forthe opposite ends ofsaid bed, and'a'movable table top for said body, adjustable into and out of position inclependently of said bed.

2.,Atable bed comprising a table body provided with legs, a bed movable into a position to be concealed and supported by sald sition to be concealed and supported by said body, said-bed having-aframe adapted --to extend from opposite sides of sa'id-body,-legs for the opposite-ends of said bedj and a niov- -abletable top for said body,-said bed frame including amiddle section fixed on "said body, folding end sections, one end section resting on the other end sectionwvhen the bed is folded, and links for connecting the sections together, serving to limit the downward swing of said end sections, providing space for the bedding when the bed is folded.

4. A table bed comprising a table body provided with fixed legs, a bed movable into a position to be concealed and supported by said body, said bed having a'frame adapted to extend from opposite'sides of said body, legs for the opposite ends of said bed,' and' a movable table top for said'body, said table top being divided, and the two sections of the top being hinged to swing down below the bed at opposite sides of the table, before the bed is unfolded, the table-topand the bed being entirely independentof each other.

7 5. A table bed provided with a divided top, said top being independent of the bed, the two sections of the top being hinged to swing down belowthe bed at opposite sides of the table, each section having a sidewall hinged at its lower edge. 7

6. A table bed provided with a-divided top, said top being independent of thebed, the two sections of the top being hinged to swing down below the'bed at opposite sides of the table, and the bed having 'end portions that fold'within the table, below saidto'p, each section having endand side' walls, the

' side wall being hinged at its'lower edge.

7. A folding bed comprising a body,

which is not'extensible' 'whenthe bedis un folded, "a sectional frame having the middle 'sectionthereof supported by said body in r w permanently right-'side-up position a'fixed 'provided *w1th" legs, a bed? movable into a V v p I "distance'from thefloor, and the endsections "1i 5 Iposl'tion 'to-"be""concealed --'and-*supported== by ef tvhich frame project imnr opposite sid si iao aaaaseo of said body and fold one over the other upon said middle section, with space between the sections for bedding, a movable top for said body to conceal said bed and provide a supporting surface for use when the bed is folded, and folding legs for said end sections of the bed frame, the width of said body being approximately one-third of the length of the bed.

8. A folding bed comprising a body, which is not extensible when the bed is unfolded, a sectional frame having the middle section thereof supported by said body in permanently right-side up position a fixed distance from the floor, and the end sections of which frame project from opposite sides of said body and fold one over the other upon said middle section, with space between the sections for bedding, a movable top for said body to conceal said bed and provide a supporting surface for use when the bed is folded, and folding legs for said end sections of the bed frame, said body having four fixed legs which partly support the bed when. said frame is unfolded, and said top being hinged to swing down and rest against said fixed legs, the width of said body being approximately one-third of the length of the bed.

9. A folding bed comprising a body, which is not extensible when the bed is unfolded, a sectional frame having the middle section thereof supported by said body in permanently right-side up position a fixed distance from the floor, and the end sections of which frame project from opposite sides of said body and fold one over the other upon said middle section, with space between the sections for bedding, a movable top for said body to conceal said bed and provide a supporting surface for use when the bed is folded, and folding legs for said end sections of the bed frame, said middle section being fixed against movement on said body, the width of said body being approximately onethird of the length of the bed.

10. A folding bed comprising a body, which is not extensible when the bed is unfolded, a sectional frame having the middle section thereof supported by said body in permanently right-side up position a fixed distance from the floor, and the end sections of which frame project from opposite sides of said body and fold one over the other upon said middle section, with space between the sections for bedding, a movable top for said body to conceal said bed and provide a supporting surface for use when the bed is folded, and folding legs for said'end sections. of the bed frame, said middle section providing a seat when the bed is unfolded, the width of said body being approximately one-third of the length of the bed.

Signed by me this 18th day of June, 1913,

- CARL R. KLUK.

Witnesses:

R. J. RICHARDSON, R. E. SEHNEM.

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